Yours, Mine & The Truth
| Yours, Mine & The Truth | ||||
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| Released | December 23, 2008 | |||
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| Length | 49:43 | |||
| Label | Def Jam | |||
| Producer | The Runners, Christopher "Tricky" Stewart, The-Dream, Bryan-Michael Cox, Knightwritaz, Drumma Boy, Teddy Bishop, Pop & Oak, Soundz, Adonis Shropshire, "Smurf" Smith, Robert "eRob" | |||
| Sterling Simms chronology | ||||
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| Singles from Yours, Mine & The Truth | ||||
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Yours, Mine & The Truth is the debut album by the American R&B singer Sterling Simms. It was released on December 23, 2008, by Def Jam Recordings.[1] The album was formerly known as Worth Your While, before being renamed.
Promotion
The album's first single was "Vicky Gets Fired" featuring Sean P was released in April 2006. It peaking at number 56 on Billboard's Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs chart.[2] Yours, Mine & The Truth's second single, "Nasty Girl", was released in April 2007 but it only hit number 17 on the Bubbling Under R&B/Hip-Hop Singles.[3] As a result, "Nasty Girl" was removed from the album, resulting in a delay. The next single off the album was "All I Need," featuring then-labelmates The-Dream and Jadakiss. Sampling from Method Man's "I Need Love," it pealed at number 23 on the Bubbling Under chart.[4] Though not announced as a single, a music video for "Boom Boom Room" was filmd. It co-stars Sarah Rosete from the girl group Electrik Red.[5]
Critical reception
| Review scores | |
|---|---|
| Source | Rating |
| AllMusic | [6] |
AllMusic editor David Jeffries called the album "uneven." He found that while Yours, Mine & The Truth "starts on a high note [with] Simms' convincing, almost Usher delivery overcoming the song's shortcomings, the problem lies with tracks like the completely irresponsible "DUI (80 on the Freeway)," which tries to seduce the ladies with a story of outrunning the cops just to get the panties. It plays out like a Dave Chappelle skit."[6] SoulTracks's L. Michael Gipson wrote: "Run as fast as you can in the opposite direction of this project, unless you like your R&B cynical and calculated. Even the tone deaf teens this perpetrator targets would be hard pressed to find a decent performance here. His Knightwraitz production team membership [...] makes this annoying project even more confusing. Opportunity lost."[7]
Commercial performance
Yours, Mine & The Truth debuted at number 100 on Billboard's US Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums chart,[4] while missing the Billboard 200 altogether.[4] Two weeks later (charting week of December 24), the album rose to and peaked at number 89.[4]
Track listing
| No. | Title | Producer(s) | Length |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | "All I Need" (featuring The-Dream and Jadakiss) | Christopher "Tricky" Stewart | 4:14 |
| 2. | "Playa" | Soundz | 3:10 |
| 3. | "DUI (80 on the Freeway)" |
| 3:40 |
| 4. | "Single" | 3:10 | |
| 5. | "Bad Dream" | Stewart | 4:05 |
| 6. | "Jump Off" (featuring Sean Paul of YoungBloodz) |
| 3:36 |
| 7. | "I Know" |
| 3:30 |
| 8. | "Boom Boom Room" | Soundz | 4:09 |
| 9. | "Best Friend" | Adonis Shropshire | 4:13 |
| 10. | "Doin' Dat Dere" | Soundz | 4:17 |
| 11. | "Sex In the City" |
| 4:12 |
| 12. | "Let Her Go" | Andrew "Papa" Wansel | 3:20 |
| 13. | "She Should Be Thanking You" | Stewart | 4:07 |
Notes
- ^[a] denotes additional producer(s)
Charts
| Chart (2008) | Peak position |
|---|---|
| US Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums (Billboard)[4] | 89 |
References
- ^ [1] Archived March 10, 2009, at the Wayback Machine
- ^ "Vicky Loses Her Icky" (Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs chart), Billboard
- ^ "Nasty Girl" (Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs chart), Billboard
- ^ a b c d e "Sterling Simms Chart History (Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums)". Billboard. Retrieved December 30, 2025.
- ^ "Sterling Simms - Boom Boom Room - Official Music Video [HD] ( Lyrics and Downloads)". YouTube. Archived from the original on December 15, 2021. Retrieved March 16, 2012.
- ^ a b Jeffries, David. "Yours, Mine and the Truth – AllMusic". AllMusic. Retrieved September 22, 2017.
- ^ Gipson, L. Michael. "Mini Reviews: Jamie Foxx, Bobby Valentino and more". SoulTracks. Retrieved December 30, 2025.